2027 Engineering Co-op

About the Role

Our co-op program offers students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working on real-world projects. Participants will contribute to the development and enhancement of Sub-Zero Group's products, gaining practical experience to complement their studies. Co-op assignments are typically 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, for 8 months. Must be a current student at an accredited university throughout your co-op to be eligible.

Co-op Assignments

• Spring (January 2027 - August 2027) Co-ops

• Design Engineering

• Design, develop, test, and document new designs and enhancements to Sub-Zero Inc. products.

• Create a concept, prototype it, build it to test, and redesign for corrections.

• Operations & Production Engineering

• Work within a fast-paced production team.

• Collaborate with engineers from reliability, test, quality, and manufacturing.

• Integrated Systems Engineering

• Design and implement automated test systems for luxury residential appliances.

• Provide test engineering support for the manufacturing floor, including data acquisition, vision test systems, and electrical/mechanical interfaces.

• Assist in development, documentation, programming, and building manufacturing test equipment.

• Provide troubleshooting support and training to manufacturing personnel.

• Reliability Engineering

• Support product development and testing by creating test plans, building fixtures, and documenting procedures.

• Assist with product teardowns, root-cause analyses, and design reviews.

• Analyze sensor and warranty data to identify trends.

• Prepare reports using statistical tools to define performance targets and assess risk.

• Take the lead on projects and gain experience in product development, data analysis, and engineering problem-solving.

• Quality Assurance Engineering

• Assist in improving quality systems.

• Enhance in-line product quality and testing of refrigeration/cooking systems and structural dimensions, with an emphasis on data capture and analysis.

• Manufacturing Engineering – Fabrication

• Support and enhance manufacturing operations with a focus on Fabrication and New Product Development.

• Apply Industrial and Mechanical Engineering principles to analyze processes, design fixtures, and drive improvements in productivity, efficiency, safety, and quality.

• Collaborate with CNC programmers and design engineers to ensure manufacturability and safe component production.

• Support prototype builds, refine fabrication methods, and integrate feedback into design iterations.

• Gain hands-on experience with SolidWorks for CAD modeling and drawing creation.

• Manufacturing Engineering - Assembly

• Support and enhance manufacturing operations with a focus on Assembly and New Product Development.

• Apply Industrial and Mechanical Engineering principles to analyze, develop, and drive improvements in assembly processes.

• Support new product implementation with manufacturing engineers, production teams, quality engineers, and design engineers.

• Assist with fixture and tooling development, time studies, process documentation, safety evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Gain hands-on experience with CAD tools, manufacturing systems, lean manufacturing principles, and problem-solving.

• Azure IoT Engineering

• Develop Cloud IoT solutions with mobile and embedded software teams.

• Activities include backend software development, software design, automated testing development, defect investigation, and participating in Agile ceremonies.

• Mobile Software Development

• Develop and validate features for the Sub-Zero Group Owner’s App in collaboration with mobile, cloud, UX, and QA teams.

• Responsibilities include mobile application development, feature testing, bug investigation, and supporting connected appliance experiences across iOS and Android platforms.

• Embedded Test & Validation

• Develop and execute testing of Sub-Zero appliance firmware with the software development team.

• Activities include automated test development, manual testing, and troubleshooting of electronics.

• Develop test rigs involving wiring, soldering, and hands-on assembly and debug.

• Controls Hardware Engineering

• Validate hardware embedded design solutions with the hardware team.

• Design Proof of Concepts (PoC) in Altium, producing schematics, PCB design files, and BOMs.

• Build PCBA samples for engineering verification and validation testing, including hand soldering.

• Perform PoC design verification using oscilloscopes, DVM’s, and programmable power supplies.

• Create and execute test procedures and compile test data in test reports.

• Assist with Altium library component work.

• Supplier Quality Engineering

• Identify root causes of supplied-part issues impacting assembly lines, working with Quality Engineers, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Design Engineering.

• Use data and statistical tools to support reporting, drive continuous improvement, and strengthen supplier quality performance.

• Fall (May 2026 - January 2027) Co-ops

• Design Engineering

• Design, develop, test, and document new designs and enhancements to Sub-Zero Inc. products.

• Create a concept, prototype it, build it to test, and redesign for corrections.

• Operations & Production Engineering

• Work within a fast-paced production team.

• Collaborate with engineers from reliability, test, quality, and manufacturing.

• Integrated Systems Engineering

• Design and implement automated test systems for luxury residential appliances.

• Provide test engineering support for the manufacturing floor, including data acquisition, vision test systems, and electrical/mechanical interfaces.

• Assist in development, documentation, programming, and building manufacturing test equipment.

• Provide troubleshooting support and training to manufacturing personnel.

• Reliability Engineering

• Support product development and testing by creating test plans, building fixtures, and documenting procedures.

• Assist with product teardowns, root-cause analyses, and design reviews.

• Analyze sensor and warranty data to identify trends.

• Prepare reports using statistical tools to define performance targets and assess risk.

• Take the lead on projects and gain experience in product development, data analysis, and engineering problem-solving.

• Manufacturing Engineering – Fabrication

• Support and enhance manufacturing operations with a focus on Fabrication and New Product Development.

• Apply Industrial and Mechanical Engineering principles to analyze processes, design fixtures, and drive improvements in productivity, efficiency, safety, and quality.

• Collaborate with CNC programmers and design engineers to ensure manufacturability and safe component production.

• Support prototype builds, refine fabrication methods, and integrate feedback into design iterations.

• Gain hands-on experience with SolidWorks for CAD modeling and drawing creation.

• Manufacturing Engineering - Assembly

• Support and enhance manufacturing operations with a focus on Assembly and New Product Development.

• Apply Industrial and Mechanical Engineering principles to analyze, develop, and drive improvements in assembly processes.

• Support new product implementation with manufacturing engineers, production teams, quality engineers, and design engineers.

• Assist with fixture and tooling development, time studies, process documentation, safety evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Gain hands-on experience with CAD tools, manufacturing systems, lean manufacturing principles, and problem-solving.

• Embedded Test & Validation

• Develop and execute testing of Sub-Zero appliance firmware with the software development team.

• Activities include automated test development, manual testing, and troubleshooting of electronics.

• Develop test rigs involving wiring, soldering, and hands-on assembly and debug.

• Embedded Software Engineering

• Develop controls solutions with the embedded software team.

• Activities include software development, unit test case development, design documentation, defect investigation, and supporting software releases.

Requirements

• Must be a current student at an accredited university throughout your co-op.